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Oxide Films for the Protection of Cuprate Superconductors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Ronald H. Baney ,
Debora F. Bergstrom ,
Leslie E. Carpenter ,
Donald R. Petersen ,
Dennis F. Elwell ,
Andrew A. Shapiro  and
Paul S. Fleishner
Ronald H. Baney
Affiliation:
Dow Corning Corporation, Midland MI
Debora F. Bergstrom
Affiliation:
Dow Corning Corporation, Midland MI
Leslie E. Carpenter
Affiliation:
Dow Corning Corporation, Midland MI
Donald R. Petersen
Affiliation:
Dow Corning Corporation, Midland MI
Dennis F. Elwell
Affiliation:
Hughes Aircraft Company, Newport Beach, CA
Andrew A. Shapiro
Affiliation:
Hughes Aircraft Company, Newport Beach, CA
Paul S. Fleishner
Affiliation:
Hughes Aircraft Company, Newport Beach, CA
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Abstract

The cuprate superconductors rapidly degrade in moisture and in the presence of organic compounds. A protection method has been developed with a coating process using sol/gel routes to the low temperature formation of oxide films. In contrast to traditional protective films, amorphous silica films formed from a solution precursors gave excellent protection and caused little degradation of the superconductors.

The protective abilities of the films were assessed by monitoring the degradation of Y1Ba2Cu307-d in the presence of 85% relative humidity at 85 C. Volume magnetic susceptibility, four-point probe resistivity, current density measurements and x-ray diffraction were performed. Without protection, degradation was almost complete within 30 minutes of exposure. With protection, superconducting properties were maintained even after 48 hours of exposure.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 169: Symposium M – High Temperature Superconductors: Fundamental Properties and Novel Materials Processing , 1989 , 1141
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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